TIFU by staying at a haunted house

today I fucked up by staying at a haunted house. My wife and I are out of town for a vacation (actually our honeymoon). I won't say where we are, but it is an old, charming city by the sea.

We had originally planned to stay at a friend's rental property, but learned that it was infested with termites. I find a nice hotel, but friend says that she has something better. Friend then arranges for us to stay in another rental property. The house has this neat story about being built by the original owner, it is located in a quiet village where no one locks their doors. The price is great. Sounds like it will meet our needs.

The owner is supposed to be gone and we will have the house and much of the village to ourselves. We arrive at night after a long drive. We are in the middle of nowhere. No cell service. Lights are on in the house and two cars are in the garage. Is this the right place? I look at the confirmation email from friend with instructions and it says that there are stairs located off of the back porch. I tell wife to stay in car while I check out the area. I walk around back and can't see anything. No stairs. I keep walking. Eventually I walk around the entire house and can't find the stairs. Then I spot them. I go back to the car to tell the wife that this is the place. I open the car door and scare her half to death. The whole place just feels creepy and scary. I feel like I am in a horror movie.

We prepare to go inside and see that the tv is on. And an old lady is sitting inside! No one is supposed to be here. We make a lot of noise, but she appears to be asleep. We wonder what to do and go back outside. It is so late and we are so tired that we decide to stay. We ring the doorbell and the old lady lets us in. Turns out the last did not leave and might not leave at all. The place smells like death. Lady tells us that her husband died 4 years ago. While the women are talking I notice Masonic symbols all over the house. Lady then leads us upstairs to out apartment. Nice gifts are waiting for us from friend, but the place smells even more like death and feels like a haunted house. I don't know how to explain what a haunted house feels like, but trust me, it has a feeling.

We unload the car. We are tired and I want to take a shower. I turn the water on and the smell of death gets worse. It is overpowering. I let the water run and it never gets hot. I spy a bottle of Scope in the bathroom that has been there since the 1970s. I never take the shower. Bed is like old person bed, no sexy time for us.

Wife and I agree to stay the night then leave. In bed we are talking and I tell wife about the Masonic symbols. She cries and agrees that this place is creepy. We decide to leave. We pack, tell old lady about the death water and get the fuck out.

I go to first hotel I find and we have a nice night in non-haunted house.

Tl;dr I try to save money for honeymoon and lead wife and me to a haunted house.

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